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REPORTS OF OFFICERS ; LIST OF MEMBERS, 
ACT OF INCORPORATION AND BY-LAWS. 

1897. 




PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY, 

226 W. 58TH St., New York City. 

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REPORTS OF OFFICERS ; LIST OF MEMBERS, 
ACT OF INCORPORATION AND BY-LAWS. 

1897. 




PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY, 

2j6 W. 58TH St., Nkw \<)kk City. 

1898. 



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OFFICERS. 



President, .... 
First Vice President. 
Second Vice President, . 
Rkcouding Secretary, 
Corresponding Secretary , 
Treasukbr. 

LlHRARIAN, 

UE(iisTRAK OF Pedigrees. 
Necrologist, 



Gen. JAS. GRANT WILSON. D.C.L. 
SAMUEL S. PURPLE, iM.D 
CORNELIUS VANDERBILT, A.M. 
HENRY R. STILES. M.D. 
WILLIAM E. VER PLANCK. 
BOWEN WHITING PIERSON. 
HIRAM CALKINS. .Ir. 
Rev. MELETIAH EVERETT DWIGHT. 
HENRY R. STILES, M.D. 



trustees. 

Term Expires iSqq. Term Expires iqoo. Term Expires iqoi. 

SAMUEL BURH.ANS. R1CH,\RD H. GREENE. THOM.XS G. EV.ANS. 

J.AMES J. GOODWIN. Dr. S.AMUEL S PURPLE. BOWEN WHITING PIKRSON. 

EDMUND ABDY HURRY. Gen.J.AMRS GRANT WILSON. Dr. HENRY R. STILES. 



Executive Committee. 



THOMAS G. EVANS, Chairman. 
ISAAC TOWNSEND SMITH 



HERBERT DeNYSE LLOYD. 
FREDERICK DIODATI THOMP.SON. 



Publication Committee. 



Dr. SAMUEL S PURPLE. 
Rev. BEVERLY R. BETTS. 



RICHARD H. GREENE, Editor. 



THOMAS G. EVANS. 
TOBIAS A. WRIGHT. 



Che new VorH Genealogical and Biographical Society. 



CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION. 

We. the subscribers, hereby certify that we have associated ourselves, 
in pursuance of Title VII, Chapter XVIII, of Part I, of the Revised Statutes 
of the State of New York, for the purpose of promoting Genealogical and 
Biographical Science. 

The nanne by which the Society is to be known is "The New York 
Genealogicai, and Biographical Society." 

The particular business and objects of the Society are to discover, pro- 
cure, preserve and perpetuate, whatever may relate to Genealogy and 
Biography, and more particularly to the genealogies and biographies of 
families, persons and citizens, associated and identified with the State of 
New York. 

The number of Trustees to manage the same shall be nine; and the 
following are the names of the Trustees for the first year : Henry R. Stiles, 
M. D., David P. Holton, M. D., William Frederic Holcombe, M. D., Ed- 
ward Chauncey Marshall, Seth Hastings Grant, Samuel Edward Stiles, 
Seymour Augustus Baker, D. D., Samuel Smith Purple, iM. U., and Francis 
S. Hoffman. 

The business of this Society is to be conducted and its place of business 
located in the City of New York. 

HENRY R. STILES, M. D. [l. s.] 

UAVID PARSONS HOLTON, M. D. [l. s.] 
WILLIAM FREDERIC HOLCOMBE, M. D. [l. s.J 

EDWARD CHAUNCEY MARSHALL. [l. .s.J 

SETH HASTINGS GRANT. [l. .s.] 

SAMUEL EDWARD SITLES. [l. s.] 

SEYMOUR AUGUSTUS BAKER, D. D. |i.. s.| 

SAMUEL S.MITH PURPLE, ,M. D. |l. s.] 



City and County of New ^■oRK, ss. ; 

On this sixteenth day of .March, in the year one thousand eight hundred 
and sixty-nine, before me personally appeared Henry R. Stiles, M. D., David 
P. Holton, M. D., William Frederic Holcombe, M. D., Edward Chauncey 
Marshall, Seth Hastings Grant, Samuel Edward Stiles, Seymour Augustus 
Baker, D. D., and -Samuel Smith Purple, M. D., to me known to be the 
persons described in and who executed the within certificate, and severally 
acknowledged to me that they executed the same. 

A. OLDRIN SALTER, 

A'o/ci/y Public, Ncut ) 'oilc City. 

I approve of the within anil allow the same to be recordeil, March 25th, 
'^^9- JOSIAH SUTHERLAND, 

Judge of Supreme Court. 



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State of New York, 
City and County of New York, 

I, Charles E. Loew, Clerk of the said City and County, and Clerk of 
the Supreme Court of said State for said County, do certify that I have 
compared the preceding with the origmal Certificate of Incorporation of the 
New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, on file in my office, and 
that the same is a correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole of such 
original. 

In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and 
[seal.] affixed my official seal, this 20th day of March, 1869. 

CHARLES E. LOEW, Clerk. 



State of New York, j 

Office of the Secretary of State, \ 

This is to certify that the Certificate of Incorporation of the " New York 
Genealogical and Biographical Society," with acknowledgment thereto an- 
nexed, was received and filed in this office on the 26th day of March, 1869. 

Witness my hand and seal of office of the Secretary of State 
[.seal.] at the City of Albany, this twenty-sixth day of March, 

one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine. 

D. WILLERS, Jr., 

Dep. Secretary of State. 



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BY-LAWS 

OF 

the new Vork eenealogical and Biographical Society. 

As Amended October 12, 1897. 



I.— Name. 

The name of this Society shall be "The New \'okk GENE.\Ln(;i(Ai. 

AND BlOGKAPHICAL SOCIETY." 

II. — Objects. 

The objects of this Society shall be "to discover, procure, preserve and 
perpetuate whatever may relate to Genealogy and Biography, and more 
particularly to the genealogies and biographies of families, persons and 
citizens associated and identified with the State of New York." 

Fi?st. — By meetings for the transaction of business, the interchange of 
views, the reading of appropriate papers, and for discussion relative to 
genealogy, biography, and kindred subjects. 

Second.— ^y the formation of a Library of Reference of such works on 
History, Genealogy, Biography, and kindred subjects, both in printed and 
manuscript form, as may in any way contribute to the purposes of the Society. 

77/?/v/.— By correspondence with other societies of similar character, 
as well as with genealogists and local historians in this and other States of 
the Union, and in foreign countries. 

Fourth. — By the publication and dissemination, in such form and 
manner, and at such times as the E.xecutive Committee of this Society may 
•deem best, of genealogical and biographical material and information. 

Ill — .Me.mbek^;. 

The Society shall consist of Resident, Corresponding, Honorary and 
Life Members: Resident Members shall be those paying annual dues as 
hereinafter provided. 

Every person elected a Resident .Member of the Society shall become 
such by signifying his acceptance to the Recording Secretary in writing, 
and paying his initiation fees and dues. 

No person residing within one hundred miles of the City of New Vork 
shall be elected a Corresponding Member, and all Corresponding Members 
upon coming to reside within the said limit of one hundred miles of the 
City of New York shall cease to be a Corresponding .Member and may be- 
come a Resident Member upon giving notice to the Recording Secretary 
and paying the initiation fee and dues as hereafter provided for Resident 
Members. 



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When the number of Corresponding Members shall eqiial the number 
of Resident and Life Members, new Corresponding Members shall there- 
after only be elected to fill vacancies. 

Resident Members upon removal beyond the said limit of one hundred 
miles from the City of New York, whose dues shall have been fully paid, 
shall, on giving notice thereof to the Recording -Secretary, and expressing 
their desire in writing, become Corresponding Members — their claims 
taking precedence of all others — provided there exist any vacancies, other- 
wise they shall be Corresponding Members ex-officio, and shall succeed to 
the first vacancy among the Corresponding Members, in the order of their 
applications. 

Any Resident Member may withdraw at any time by certifying his 
intention of so doing to the Recording Secretary in writing, and paying all 
dues to the Treasurer. 

The Clerks of the several counties and townships of the State of 
New York shall be Corresponding Members ex-officio. 

IV. — Fees and Dues. 

Each Resident Member shall on admission pay to the Treasurer ten 
dollars as an initiation fee and dues for the current year, and five dollars 
annually thereafter in advance, as dues ; and if he neglect or refuse to pay 
said dues for two years successively, he shall forfeit his membership, unless 
the Board of Trustees shall otherwise direct. 

The annual dues shall be payable on the first day of January. 

The payment of fifty dollars for that purpose, by himself or others, 
shall constitute any Resident, Corresponding or Honorary Member a 
Life Member of the Society, and said Life Member shall be free from 
assessments and entitled to all the rights and privileges of a Resident 
Member during his life. 

The fees for Life Membership shall constitute a perpetual fund to be 
invested for building purposes by the Trustees ; the annual interest of 
which may be used for current expenses. The principal of the fund to be 
appropriated for such building purposes only by a three-fourths vote of the 
Board of Trustees. 

V. — Election of Mkmisehs. 

Members shall be elected as follows ; The candidates shall be pro- 
posed publicly at a meeting of the Society, by a member thereof, and the 
nominations, together with the name of the member making them, shall be 
entered on the minutes, and be referred to the Executive Committee. The 
Reports of that Committee, recommending candidates for election, shall be 
openly read to the Society at a meeting subsequent to that at which the 
nominations were made ; and if any member demand a ballot, the election 
shall be by ballot, and five black balls shall exclude. If no ballot be 
demanded, the candidates so recommended shall be declared duly elected 
members of the Society. 

Corresponding or Honorary Members may, by a unanimous vote of the 
Board of Trustees, be elected without being proposed at a previous meeting. 

Life Members may be elected in the same manner, and admitted to all 



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the privileges of Resident Members, on the payment of the fee required by 
Article IV'. 

All certificates of membership shall be signed by the President and the 
Recording Secretary. 

VI. — Government. — Election of Tkhstebs. 

The government of the Society shall be vested in a Board of nine 
Trustees, to be chosen by the Society, as hereinafter provided, by ballot, on 
the second Friday of January in each year, of which election notice shall be 
given at least two days previous thereto in a newspaper published in the 
City of New York. The Board shall elect its own officers. 

None but Resident and Life Members who have paid their dues to the 
Society shall be allowed to vote at any meeting of the Society, or hold the 
office of Trustee. 

At the Annual Meetmg of the Society, held on the second Friday of 
January in each year, there shall be elected three Trustees to fill the places 
of the Trustees whose term shall then expire, and who shall hold office for 
three years or until their successors shall be elected. Any Trustee appointed 
to fill a vacancy shall hold his office for the balance of the term of the 
Trustee to whose place he shall be so appointed. 

In case any election for Trustees shall not be held at the time above 
appointed, such election may be held at the next regular meeting of the 
Society, or at any special meeting called for that purpose, in the manner 
hereinbefore mentioned ; and the Trustees elected at such meeting shall 
hold their offices for the same terms as if they had been elected at the 
meeting at which such election should have taken place. 

The Trustees shall have custody of all buildings, funds, securities, and 
collections belonging to the Society; shall fix all salaries to be paid to its 
officers ; and shall have in their hands the entire control and regulation of 
its affairs, in the intervals between the Annual Meetings. They shall fill 
vacancies occurring in the Board during the year ; and they shall meet for 
the election of officers and other business on the afternoon of the Tuesday 
immediately following the Annual Meeting of the Society and shall also 
meet on the afternoon of the second Tuesday of April, June and October in 
each year, and as much oftener as they shall deem necessary, or shall be 
called together by the President or any five members of the Board. The 
Trustees may declare the place of any member of the Board vacant who 
shall be absent from three successive meetings of the Board without sending 
a reasonable excuse therefor to the Recording Secretary. 

VII. — Officehs. 

The Officers and Standing Committees of the Society shall be elected 
annually, on the Tuesday immediately following the Annual Meeting of the 
Society, from the Resident and Life Members of the Society, by the Board 
of Trustees ; and may be from their own number. They shall be ; a Presi- 
dent, two Vice-Presidents, a Corresponding Secretary, a Recording Secre- 
tary, a Treasurer, a Librarian, and a Registrar of Pedigrees; 

An Executive Committee of four members ; 

.A Publication Committee of five members ; and 

A Committee on Biographical Bibliography, of three members. 



S The Kc7v York Gciica/offira/ and /lioi^rap/iica/ Society. 

\M\. — Meetings. 

The Society shall meet in the City of New York, in the afternoon or 
evening of the second I'"riday in each month, except June, Jnly, August, and 
September, and at such other times as the Board of Trustees shall appoint. 
Special meetings may be called, under the direction of the President, or at 
the written request of seven members of the Society. 

IX. — Order of Business. 

The order of proceedings at the meetings, unless otherwise ordered, 
shall be : 

1. Reading of the minutes of the last meeting. 

2. Reports and communications from the officers of the Society ; from 
the E.\ecutive Committee ; Reports of Special Committees. 

3. Election of members previously proposed. 

4. Nomination of new members. 

5. Transaction of miscellaneous business. 

6. Papers read and addresses delivered. 

The latter, when previously appointed, or any other special order, shall 
take precedence of any topic involving debate. 

X. — Quorum. 

Seven members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business 
at any meeting of the Society. 

XI. — Presiding Officer. 

The President, or in his absence one of the Vice-Presidents, or in their 
absence a Chairman pro tempore, shall preside at all meetings of the 
Trustees and of the Society, and shall have a casting vote. He shall 
preserve order, and shall decide all questions of order, subject to an appeal. 
He shall also appoint all committees authorized by the Trustees or by the 
Society, unless otherwise specially ordered. 

XII.— COKRESPONDING SeCKKTART. 

The Correspondmg Secretary shall conduct the general correspondence 
of the Society. He shall, at every meeting of the Society, report such 
letters and communications as he may have received ; he shall prepare all 
letters to be written in connection with the business or objects of the Society^ 
and transmit the same ; but the E.-cecutive Committee may appoint a com- 
mittee to prepare a letter or letters, on any special occasion. He shall 
keep, in suitable books, to be provided for that purpose, true copies of all 
letters written on behalf of the Society, and shall carefully preserve said 
copies, with the originals of all letters and communications received, and 
shall deposit the same in the Library. 

XIII. — Recording Secretary. 

The Recording Secretary shall have the charge of the Seal, Charter, 
By-Laws and Records of the Trustees and the Society. He, together with 
the presiding officer, shall certify all acts of the Trustees and of the Society. 



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He shall notify all members of their election, and of such other matters as 
shall be directed by the Society or Trustees, and shall transmit to them their 
proper diplomas or certificates of membership. He shall give due notice 
of the time and place of all meetings of the Trustees and of the Society, 
and shall attend the same. He shall keep fair and accurate records of all 
the proceedings and orders of the Trustees and of the Society ; and shall 
give notice to the several officers, and to the Executive and other Com- 
mittees, of all votes, orders, resolves, and proceedings of the Trustees and 
of the Society-, affecting them, or appertaining to their respective duties, 
and shall furnish a brief statement of the proceedings of the Society at its 
stated meetings to the Publication Committee to be printed in the periodical 
publication of the Society. 

XIV'. — Treasurer. 
It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to have the care and custody of all 
moneys and securities of the Society He shall deposit the moneys in such 
bank or banks or other places of deposit as the Board of Trustees shall 
appoint, and he shall have authority to sign cheques, drafts or orders for 
the withdrawal of all moneys and securities. He shall make such dis- 
bursements as shall be authorized by the Board by general or specific 
action. He shall sign receipts for all moneys or other property comino- 
into the hands of the Society, and shall keep or cause to be kept true and 
just accounts showing the receipts, disbursements and other financial 
affairs of the Society. He shall render a full and particular statement of 
his accounts, with vouchers, from time to time as the Board may request, 
and at each regular meeting of the Board he shall present a statement of 
his receipts and expenditures since the last meeting, and shall also make a 
report to the Society at the Annual Meeting. 

XV. — LlBR.\RI.4N. 

The Librarian, in connection with the Executive Committee, shall have 
the charge and superintendence of the Library, and the care and arrann-e- 
ment of the books, manuscripts and other articles belonging to the Society. 
He shall cause to be prepared and kept a proper catalogue and list of the 
same. He shall acknowledge the receipt of donations to the Society in his 
department. He shall expend in the purchase of books and other articles, 
and for their safe-keeping and preservation, at the direction of the said 
Committee, such sums of money as shall from time to time be appropriated 
for that purpose, and report thereon to the Executive Committee, and to 
the Board at each of its regular meetings. He shall, at least once in each 
year, in the month of December, render his accounts for such purchases 
and expenditures to the Treasurer for settlement; and shall further make 
to the Society, at each .Annual Meeting, a full report on the condition and 
progress of the Library and collections. 

XVI. — Library Regclatioks. 

The following shall be the regulations for the use of the Library : 

I. No book or manuscript shall at any time be lent to any person to be 

removed from the Library, except for review in the periodical publication 

of the Society. 



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2. No iiiMiiuscript ill the Library, nor ally [laper read before the Society 
and deposited in its archives, shall be published, except by the order of 
the Trustees, or with the consent of the Executive Committee. 

3. The hours during which the Library shall be open shall be de- 
termined from time to tiine by the Board of Trustees. 

4. Duriiisj such hours any member of the Society may have free access 
to consult any book or manuscript, except such as may be designated by the 
Executive Committee, and to make extracts from the same, under the 
authority of the Librarian. Any person not a member may obtain the like 
privilege of consultation for one month from the President or Librarian, if 
known to them, or upon the recommendation of some other member to 
whom the applicant is known. But no person, not a member, shall be 
permitted to make extracts from the manuscripts of the Society, excepting 
the donors or depositors of the same, without special authority from the 
Executive Committee. 

5. It shall be the duty of the Librarian, or his assistant, to report to the 
Executive Committee any injury done to any book or manuscript by any 
person consulting the same; and the said Committee may, at their dis- 
cretion, lay such reports before the Board. For any such injury, the person 
doing it shall make such pecuniary compensation as the said Committee 
shall judge proper ; and if he be not a member, the Committee shall have 
power to prohibit him from further access to the Library. 

6. The Librarian shall allow the Publication Committee to take to their 
offices or residences such books as they shall desire to review, under such 
regulations as the Board of Trustees shall from time to time prescribe. 

7. Members of the Society and persons having the privilege of using 
the books in the Library will, in all cases, call on the Librarian or his 
assistant for such book as they may wish to consult, such book to be re- 
turned to the Librarian before the closing of the Library. 

8. The names and residences of all persons who may be introduced to 
the Library shall be entered in a book to be kept by the Librarian and his 
assistant for that purpose, on each visit, with the name of the member by 
whom he may be introduced. 

XVIL— Reoistr.m! op Pedigrees. 

The Registrar of Pedigrees shall have the custody of all pedigrees 
presented by the members of the Society, and of additions thereto. 

He shall cause a copy of all such pedigrees, when accepted by the 
Society, to be entered in a book to be called the Register of Pedigrees, and 
shall certify the same ; which Register shall be deposited with the Librarian, 
and shall be opened for the inspection of members only. 

The Registrar, with the President and Recording Secretary, shall sign 
all certificates of Pedigrees. He shall also certify all transcripts from the 
Register. 

XVin. — Executive Committee. 

It shall be the duty of the Executive Committee to collect and receive 
gifts for the Society; to provide for its literary or other exercises; to 
recommend plans, and make the necessary arrangements, for promoting 



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its objects; to digest and prepare business; to securely invest Life Mem- 
bership and other special funds; to authorize the disbursement and 
expenditure of moneys in the Treasury, out of the general appropriations 
made by the Board of Trustees, for the payment of salaries, current ex- 
penses, fitting up the Library, the ordinary purchase of books, binding, 
printing, and other necessary outlays. They shall, in connection with the 
Librarian, have charge of the arrangement and regulation of the Library 
and collections ; and shall have authority at any time to examine into the 
condition of the same, and into the state of the finances ; as also generally 
to superintend the interests of the Society, and execute all such duties as 
may from time to time be committed to them by the Board. 

They shall meet at least once in every month, excepting the months of 
June, July, August and .September, immediately before the meeting of the 
Society, and at the same place, if no other be appointed, and shall keep 
accurate minutes of all their transactions, and appoint their own chair- 
man and secretary. 

XIX — Publication Committee. 

It shall be th^duty of the Publication Committee to take charge of and 
manage the editing, printing and publishing of the quarterly magazine 
issued by the Society, known as the "New York Genealogical and Bio- 
graphical Record," and all matters connected therewith, and also all books, 
pamphlets, and other matter printed or published by the Society. 

XX. — C0M.V1ITTEE ON Biographical Bibliography. 

It shall be the duty of the Committee on Biographical Bibliography to 
prepare, and continue by additions thereto, a catalogue or list of books and 
pamphlets containing biographies or biographical sketches of citizens of 
the State of New York, and to give a brief description of each such book 
or pamphlet and number the same so that it can be easily referred to. 

XXI. — Alteration of By-Laws. 

No alteration in the By-Laws of the Society shall be made, unless such 
alteration shall have been openly proposed at a previous meeting of the 
Trustees, entered on the minutes, with the name of the Trustee or Trustees 
proposing the same, and shall be adopted by a majority of the members of 
the Board. And in case of such proposed amendment, the Recording 
Secretary shall be required to accompany the notice for the next meeting of 
the Board with a copy of the proposed amendment, and a notice that the 
same will be acted upon at the meeting for which the notice was given. 



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Report of Treasurer. ij 



ASSETS AND LIABILITIES. 
January i, 1898. 

ASSETS. 

Value of Society House and Lot, based on cost, . - - - 325,500.00 

Improvements on same, - . - - 297.22 

\'alue of Library Building and Stacks, based on cost, - - - 3,809.00 

Estimated Value of Books in Library, 5,000.00 

Estimated Value of Furniture and Pictures, 616.26 

Estimated Value of back numbers and volumes of Record, - 5,000.00 

110 copies Memorial Volume, @ .50, 55-00 

17 copies "Dutch Church Marriages," (R S15, . - - . 255.00 

1 12 copies Pedigree Charts, @' .75, - 84.00 

Members' Dues unpaid, - - - - 230.00 

Loan on Bund and Mortgage, @ 5S, 12,000.00 

Cash in Manhattan Savings Institution, 500.00 

Cash in Bank of New Amsterdam, 265.72 

553,612.20 

LIABILITIES. 

Bond and Mortgage on Society House, (g' 5't, - $10,500.00 

Unpaid Bills, -------- 314.97 510,814.97 

Balance, being equity in all property owned by the Society, - 542,797.23 

B. \V. PIERSON, 

Treasurer. 



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Report of Secmary. 

The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 
organized Fel)ruary 27, 1869, has had a strnggle in j-ears 
past, but is now established. This has been the work of 
no one man, or body of men, but the work of those who 
gave their time to' the Library day after day, and, together 
with the imjietus given to the study of family history by 
the Hereditary Societies, have materially aided in j^lacing 
this Society where it is ; but for these, our Society might 
have met in its little back room and read j^apers to itself 
forever, without influence or recognition. 

The Library of this Society is its feature of value. 
Gathered little by little, it has become one of tlie best of 
its kind in the land ; and we only need an officer or com- 
mittee, who can supplement the work of the Librarian, in 
soliciting books, to make it equal to any, for we can offer 
to authors a review in the Record and to others a place in 
our Catalogue, both of which are valual)le introductions 
to genealogical and historical students : for if such books 
are not on our shelves, one cannot escape the feeling, either 
that the book is valueless or that this Society is deficient 
in means or enterprise ; authors had better send their 
book than await the decision of the community on that 
dilemma. 

We did not add quite so many books this year as in 
some of its predecessors, since those who were able to be 
at the rooms have been occupied with other work of the 
Society. We hope next year to have more help, more 
shelf-room, and less sickness. We urge each member to 
obtain for the Librarj' what he can, not circulars and dio- 
cesan reports merely, but genealogies, histories, l)iographies 
— in fact, anything with information to aid genealogical 
students. 

It was easier to keep ahead of the masses, genealogically, 
thirty years ago than to-day, in this city. Then it was a 
subject some feared and others derided ; now the entire 
community are interested, and a large iiercentage are 



Report of Sccrctarv. /j 

absorbed in it. Seekers for niembersliip in any one of the 
fifteen or more Hereditary Societies come here to find out 
their pedigree, in order to establish their eligibility. Hav- 
ing satisfied their ambition, they often pay their fees into 
the other societies, purchase their badge, and are done 
with us. Their interest is personal to themselves: what 
we are after is the creation or cultivation of an interest in 
antiquarian subjects in general and universal genealogj' : 
unselfish as the sunshine and broad as creation. We may 
be aided liy the badge-winners, just as all genealogy is 
helped by seekers for coats of arms, but our support must 
be from the class who already know enough of their own 
family history to devote themselves to the subject as an 
interesting department of universal history. 

We have had eight meetings during the year, at wliich 
papers have been read by Wm. Nelson, Esq., Col. Fred. 
D. Grant, Capt. James Parker, T. Astley Atkins, Esq., 
Gen. Egbert L. Viele, Col. Woolsey R. Hopkins, Dr. Theo- 
dore L. Cuyler, Dr. John R. Bailey, and Dr. Newland 
Maynard. 

We liave 306 members, of whom 72 are Life members, 
and pay no dues ; some are behind, and every year our 
numbers are depleted by death and other causes. During 
the past year 3 have died and 17 resigned. 

It is undignified, and should be unnecessary, to weary 
people into joining or to propose friends without their 
authorization for membership. We suffered by this prac- 
tice in former years, but the last year only about half a 
dozen of those proposed failed to qualify. We have 
added 32, and they were introduced by fourteen members, 
to wit : Mr. Evans brought 3, Miss Akerly 2, Miss Fisher 2, 
Gen. Wilson 2, Dr. Eliot 1, Mr. Calkins 1, Mr. Codding- 
ton 1, Mr. Doty 1, Dr. Kalish 1, Mr. Lloyd 1, Mr. Lawrence 
1, Mr. Mower 1, Mr. Pierson 1, and the Secretary 14. 

We are owners of our own home, and collected §829.10 
from rents ; but at no time have all our rooms been rented, 
as our little hall is not adapted to the wants of many. 
The House Committee have considered the question of 
alterations, with a view to making it more roomy. This 
may be worth considering ; at all events, we recognize the 



i6 Tlic Nciv York Gniralogical and Bioo-rapliical Society. 

fact that very often we ourselves would be glad of a larger 
assembly-room. In fact, the ownership of the Imilding. 
besides being a satisfaction, has increased our receipts. 

The general financial condition of the Society is shown, 
by tlie Treasurer's balanceslieet, to l)e live hundred and 
sixty odd dollars better than one year ago. Most of this 
sum having been paid on account of our mortgage debt, our 
interest in the future is diminished thereby. 

Tile sale of Pedigree Charts has netted §64.75 ; but very 
few have been filed, although the offer still stands to replace 
wifli a new blank tliose wliich are filed, or, if preferred, to 
refund the cost upon filing. 

The necrology of the Society, as well as the other sub- 
jects before alluded to, will be treated of at length by the 
a])propriate officer. It is time that we had a biography 
of all deceased members at least. Lastly, our duplicates 
should be marked for sale and exchange. The list should 
be published in the Recokd, that they may be replaced in 
the Library hj genealogies and local histories which we 
lack. 

We have heretofore had a Building Fund. Tlie building- 
is an accomplished fact, and that fund miglit appro])riately 
be transferred to the Library. ^Ve need a fund for tlie 
purchase of books. Another society in this city has a fund, 
for the purchase of genealogies, which sliould have come 
here ; now, we should not be satisfied until we have the 
same. I propose that we begin to-night, and that the work 
go on forever. 

All of which is respectfully submitted. 

RICHARD H. GREENE, 

Secretary. 



Report of Publication Committee. 

The Publication Committee of the New York Genea- 
logical and Biographical Society would respectfully report 
that : The Record lias been published quarterly, as here- 
tofore ; and word comes to your Committee from many 



Rcporl of Piiblicaiion Covuiiittcc. IJ 

directions that it is increasingly called for at all the 
libraries, nntil no historical society or library can afford 
to be without it ; those who postpone its acquisition will 
regret their delay. 

We agree to give forty-eight pages per quarter of his- 
torical and genealogical matter, which is, in the main, new 
to print and of general interest. In our last volume we 
exceeded our promises by one hundred pages, making two 
hundred and ninety-two pages in the volume, of which the 
index (without which the book would be useless to many) 
covers forty-one pages. Our binder has found that the 
covers heretofore used are too small for the present volume. 
Perhaps soon we can issue a volume that will stand alone, 
and not need to be bound with the next year. 

For many years our pulilication was an expen.se, 
although both contributors and editors have always served 
the Society without pay, and the printing alone was a 
charge upon our funds ; yet the limited numl)er who are 
interested in owy subjects makes our total clientage small, 
and of these the percentage of those who can or will pay 
anything for the support of a publication they can see at 
the libraries makes our subscription - list still smaller. 
Nevertheless, recently the demand for full sets and back 
numbers have supplemented the largely increased sub- 
scriptions and materially raised the returns. 

The receipts from sales of back numbers this last year 
did not equal those of recent years, for the reason that 
certain numbers are out of print and the Society was not 
able to furnish complete sets ; yet the sales of back numbers 
brought $:^21.74 during the year, the payments by sub- 
scribers in the same period being $597.50. 

The publication of the Dutch Church marriages and 
baptisms — another part of our work, under the editorial 
management of Dr. Purple — brought from sales $45, against 
expense (additional to composition in the Rkcord) of $25. 
By the liberal contribution of Mr. Samuel Burhans, Jr., 
we have been enabled to increase the amount of these 
Dutch Church Records, which have always been a feature 
of our publication. 

The entire receipts have thus been $1,036.24 for the 



/cV /"//(■ .Wri' York (u-iicaloi^ica/ and Biograplucal Society. 

Coiiiniittee's work, and tlie expenses were $1,049.63, leaving 
a deliciency of !t;l3.39, witli i)art of one number unpaid. 

Your Committee think the time has come to rearrange 
the pi'ices of back numbers. Some are out of print and 
many are getting scarce. The reason of the difference is : 
some issues interest a hirge number outside of the reguhir 
subscribers ; their purchases from the reserve in the course 
of time often equals or exceeds the number of the sub- 
scribers, and then exorbitant prices are deTimnded of those 
who must have these numbers to make up sets. The time is 
not far distant when all the numbeis will command an in- 
creased price, and electrotype plates \^ould save the expense 
of composition where reproduction is necessary. 

Those of us who are conducting the correspondence of 
the Society and the Record have long felt that we are 
burdened with a name which might be shortened by two 
words without losing anything; for genealogy is but a 
succession of biographies, and every biography should 
give the parents and children of the subject— that is, three 
generations, which makes a genealogy. Therefore we sub- 
mit that New York Genealogical Record would be a 
change for the better, and could be made without causing 
any complications, though the name of an incorporated 
society should not be changed unless the reasons are shown 
to be good and the rights will be unaffected or improved. 
The "New England Historical and Genealogical Register" 
has been changed; it was formerly backed "Genealogical 
and Antiquarian Register," and has never borne the exact 
name of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. 
Tn titles every word which can be spared without injury 
should l)e dispensed with. The Record is genealogical ; 
the other matter which appears in it is not mei-ely biog- 
rai)hy, it is more properly history— perhaps better desig- 
nated as antiquarian, but either word would be surplusage. 

Your Committee has increased the amount of family 
genealogy in the Record. There is some complaint that 
New England families appear more than New Y'ork 
families. Our answer is: we never refuse to jirint Dutch 
families when sent to us. The fact is, our membership is 
largely of New England extraction. But two of our nine 



Report of Publication Coviinittcc. /p 

officers and one of our Boai-d of Trustees can boast a Dutch 
pati-onymic; and of our Presidents, three have been of 
New England birth or ancestry, one of Huguenot descent, 
while the pi-esent incumbent is not a native of this country. 
Now is the time for tlie Knickerbockers to recruit the ranks 
of this Society, send their family histories to the Record, 
and actively assist in the work. We can assure them they 
will soon know that they are more than welcome. 

We have felt that our members have never supported 
the Rkcord as they should. The pi'oportion has been, 
about'twenty-five percent, of the members were stibscribers. 
In order to reach this class, vvjiere one would naturally 
look for supporters, a circular was sent (with a copy of the 
Janimry number of the current volume) to every member 
not on our subscription-list. Thus far the subscription-list 
has not been increased as much as we anticipated from this 
appeal. 

We should make an effort to secure proper paying 
advertisements for insertion in the Record. We think a 
Press and Printing Committee would be a useful addition 
to the work ; they might include this. A revenue could 
be derived from advertisements ; they are the main su])- 
port of other periodicals. We should not be the only 
exception. 

Your Committee would like to exchange with every 
publication desirable for our Library, and would recom- 
mend that the Executive Committee or a Special Committee 
be directed to accomplish this, or that a circular be prepared, 
that the Corresponding Secretary or this Committee might, 
with the least possible trouble, reach all such publications, 
both in our own land and beyond the sea. 

The Committee negotiated exchanges of old Records 
for genealogies and histories, valued at about one hundred 
dollars. This could be continued to advantage, for thereby 
we get books not otherwise obtainable, and place our 
Record with dealers in sufficient quantity to sell more 
and reach possible subscribers. 

All of which is respectfullv submitted. 

R. H. GREENE, 

Chairman. 



20 The Nc'lV York Gcncaloi^ical and Biograpliical Society. 



Report of fiousc Committee. 

The House Coiiiniittee takes pleasure in reporting- tliat, 
so far as its jurisdiction is concerned, the Society is in a 
fairly prosperous condition. As will be seen by the Treas- 
urer's report — a copy of which has been mailed to each 
member— the sum of $829.10 has been received during the 
year for the rental of rooms in the upper stories of the 
building. This, however, is not as large as it might be ; 
we should get at least $1,000, if not $1,200, per annum. 
And it is hoped that the fourth floor— the whole of which 
is now unoccupied — may soon be rented. 

Some necessary repairs to the building have cost $41.68, 
and the sum of $53.26 has been exi)euded for furniture. 

A reproduction in bronze of the seal of the Society has 
been placed on the front of the building, and a memorial 
tablet to our generous benefactress, Mrs. Elisabeth Ihider- 
hill Coles, has been placed on the wall of the entrance hall 
at a cost of $1.50. 

Our rooms, however, are greatly lacking in ornament ; 
and the members are urged to contribute suitable pictures 
and works of art with which to beautify and adorn them. 

Respectfully submitted. 

THOMAS G. EVANS, 
Chairman of House Committee. 

Dated January 28, i8q8. 



Report of Cibrarian. 



The history of our Library for the year just drawn to 
its close is a history of reconstruction rather than of 
marked progress. We paused, as it were, in the onward 
march toward a larger growth to rehouse ourselves and to 
rearrange our books, a process which required both time 
and labor ; for, to gather up the scattered volumes which 
the movers had put down in any convenient place, then to 



Report of Librarian. 21 

create order out of the chaos was not a small undertaking. 
So to-day we find our Library slowly but surely approach- 
ing a condition of perfect arrangement, and we pause 
again, but for a moment, to view with critical eye the 
Genealogical monument which we have erected. 

There are on our shelves to-day 3,;")97 bound volumes, 
'besides nearly double that number of pamphlets of all 
sizes and on all subjects. Of these bound volumes 520 are 
Genealogical, 367 Biographical, and the remainder, 2,710, 
are Local Histories and Miscellaneoiis. These are bare 
facts and bald figures, but they represent the generosity of 
many donors and the personal efforts of former Librarians. 
Of this number 248 have been added during the past year, 
embracing 4o Genealogies, 41 Biographies, 33 Local His- 
tories and 129 Miscellaneous. These, too, are bare facts 
and bald figures, but they represent the donations of 83 
generous people and of those who sent us books for review. 

These accessions, though not especially large in quantity, 
are valuable in quality, and include : "The Seton Family ; " 
"The Richmond Family;" The Parish and Ludlani Gene- 
alogies; "The Ten Broeck Genealogy;" Histories of 
Fitchburg, Mass., Montville, Ct., N. and S. Hempstead, 
L. I., and the Records of Coventry, Ct. — books ranging 
in value from |94 for the first to §6 for the last. These 
have all been obtained by contributions, either voluntary 
or solicited, with the exception of about 25 of the 248 
which we have acquired by Recokd exchanges ; not a 
dollar has been expended in the purchase of books. 

Acquisitions by these methods alone are in the end 
unsatisfactory, for they bring not to our shelves some 
books which ours as a Genealogical Librarj' ought to 
number among its volumes, but probably never will unless 
they are purchased. Let us l)race up, then, these ways and 
means of exchange and donation with the support of a 
moderate fund specially designated for the purchase of 
books, and we shall then see our Genealogical monument 
grow to graceful and majestii' pro^iortions. 

Aside from this, a large number of good duplicates are 
waiting the time when, with proper management, they may 
become a source of acquisition. These include many very 



22 The Ncii' York (icnrn/oi^irn/ and lUograpIiical Sociclv. 

(Icsirable works, and could be sold or exrhanged to ad- 
vantao;e ; and it' they were i)nblished in a list with prices 
extended, to be sent to all the libraries in the country, 
tliere is little doubt that they would cease to be a dusty 
pile on %o\) of the stacks, becoming instead valuable 
additions on the shelves. 

There is one other item which entails a regular expense 
that ought to be systematically met — book-binding. The 
method vvliich prevails at present is the somewhat irregular 
one of sending to the binder, at odd times, whatever it is 
deemed necessary to have bound, when instead there 
should be set aside, per annum, a stated amount large 
enough to include the cost of binding all completed Gene- 
alogical periodicals as well as the more important of the 
single publications. 

Concentrated energy and singleness of purpose are and 
should be the policy of the Lil)rary. We are a Genealogi- 
cal Society, and the purpose is mainly Genealogical, as is 
shown by the fact that visitors ask invariably for works on 
family history or town records ; for, strange as it may 
seem, there has not been a single demand during the past 
year for Biographical works of any kind. The concen- 
trated energy, then, should be directed toward the ac- 
quisition of such books as demand .calls for, even though 
"all is fish that comes to the net." 

The Library is unquestionably the main feature of the 
Society. We use our meeting-hall but once a month, while 
the Library we use every day. This at present is badly 
and insufficiently heated ; the approach over the iron 
bridge is a menace to health and a serious factor of dis- 
comfort. Let the singleness of purpose, then, for the 
present, be directed toward improving the Library ; in- 
crease the heating capacity ; cover the bridge a])proach ; 
purchase the necessary books ; tint the walls ; give to the 
room the appearance of secluded comfort more pronounced 
than at present obtains. These things cannot be done in a 
minute, but taken in hand one at a time, and carried out 
with an eye to the useful and the attractive, will place the 
Library at the end of the year far beyond its present use- 
fulness. 



Repent of Xccrnloi^ist. 2^ 

In conclusion let me add t]iat the Library is open 
every Monday evening, when members, and visitors intro- 
duced by them, are cordially welcome. 
Respectfully submitted. 

H. CALKINS, JR., 

Librarian. 

Dated Jainiary 28, i8q8. 



Report of necrologist. 

To THE President and Board of Trustees of the N. Y. 
Genealogical and Biographical Society. 

Gentlemen : 

I herewith present my first annual report of duty per- 
formed, as your Necrologist, in the preparation for pub- 
lication, in the Record, of obituary notices of deceased 
members of this Society. 

Immediately upon my appointment to this office, June 
8th, 1897, I prepared and had printed a circular letter (cojiy 
appended to this report) to be addressed to the surviving 
relatives of deceased memliers, and containing a series of 
questions of a biographical and genealogical nature calcu- 
lated to di'nw forth such information as would enable me 
to present, in the pages of the Record, a brief but satis- 
factory resume of the life, character, and life-work of the 
deceased. 

In the prosecution of this official duty I have already 
experienced some difficulty, due, partly, to the somewhat 
incomplete and confused state of our membership rolls, 
and also to the fact that, having been, for some years past, 
somewhat disassociated from the active work of the Society, 
I have not as intimate an acquaintance with its personnel 
as would keep me informed of deaths among our members. 
These disabilities, however, have been nuich lessened by a 
recent reconstruction of the membership lists, at the hands 
of our present Treasurer, as well as by the kindly assist- 
ance of individual members. The greatest difficulty, liow- 



34 The Nciv \ 'ork Genealogical and Biographical Society. 

ever, which I have experienred lias been my inability to 
get any reply at all from the parties to whom my circulars 
have been addressed. The questions in the circular letter 
are certainly simple and explicit enough to call forth a 
prompt and proper response, and being addressed either 
to the surviving companion (husband or wife), or to the 
children, or to the business associates of the deceased, 
there seems to be no good reason why they should not be 
answered, espe<nally as the (urcular bears a clear and defi- 
nite statement as to the object for which the information 
is needed — an object which would seem to commend itself 
to tlie recijiieut. 

It has, indeed, suggested itself to me that the best way 
to get at the facts asked for in this obituary circular would 
be to present a copy to each member, enclosed in the noti- 
fication of his election to the Society, to be filled out and 
handed in with his initiation fee. True, this might seem 
a little premature — a little like the coffin placed as a 
memento mori at the Egyptian feasts ; but we would, in 
this way, get the needed facts "at first hand," and, while 
always vital as matter of record, it would save delay and 
what perhaps might be felt as somewhat of an intrusion in 
the family's first hours of sorrow. Perhaps, then, your 
Honorable Board will officially sanction the conversion of 
this post-obit circular letter into an initiatory prerequisite 
to membership. 

In the January (1898) number of the Record will be 
found the first practical results of the establishment of the 
office — of which I have the honor to be the first incumbent 
— in obituary notices of the following recently deceased 
members of the Society, viz. : 

Herman Baetjer, 

Charles W. Cass, 

Henry T. Drowne (our fourth President), 

Rev. Thos. Stafford Dhowne, D. D., 

Thomas Henry Edsall. 

I earnestly entreat the co-operation of my fellow- 
members, in the carrying out of this necrological depart- 
ment, by favoring me with the name and address of family 



Report of Xccrologist. 2^ 

of any deceased member, and of any items of infomiation 
concerning him which may be known to them personally. 
It seems very desirable that our members should be hon- 
ored at death in the pages of our Record, the official organ 
of the Society. Thus to ''keep their memory green-' is a 
duty which we owe not only to them and their families, 
but to our own self-respect as a Society. 
Respectfully submitted. 

HENRY R. STILES, 

Necrologist, 

Dated January 14, i8q8. 

[Copy.] 
NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. 
No. 226 West 58th Street. 

New York i8q 

Mr 

Dear 

In pursuance of my official duty as Necrologist of this Society, of which the 

^3*^ was a Member, I seek your assistance 

in obtaining such information, dates, etc.. as will enable me to prepare for publication, in 
the Society's quarterly Record, a brief but comprehensive and accurate biographical notice 
ofh.... As it is proper that such notice should appear at as early a date as is possible 
after h — decease. I urge upon you the need of promptness and fullness in responding to my 
request, and in furnishing answers, to the best of your ability, to the following questions : 

1. Date and places of h dirfh, marriage and death. 

2. Such of h ancestral history as you can give; or references to books, or other 

printed or manuscript sources, where it may be found. 

3. Name and place of dirt h, a.iid parents' and grandparents^ name, of h 

4. Names, place of births, deaths, etc., of h . ..children. 

5. Names and addresses of\\ surviving children. 

6. Facts of h connection with any Public work or office : church: society organi- 

zations (social, benevolent, patriotic, political. Masonic, etc.. etc.), together with 
offices held or special duties performed in such. 

7. Facts as to h ...education; dates of collegiate graduation, degrees received, etc. 

8. Titles of any books, pamphlets or any literary works done by h ; with dates 

(year) of publication. 
g. Personal characteristics, etc. 

10. Military services, offices and honors. 

11. Names and addresses of tiuo or three near relatives, or intiynate friends, to whom I 

may reasonably look for characterizations, reminiscences and opinions illustrative 
of the deceased. 
^^" Any books, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, letters, etc., loaned to us in this 
connection for our use, will be carefully kept, considered confidential, and safely 
returned. 
In the use of such material as may be furnished in reply to the above questions, I 
shall exercise the greatest care for truth and accuracy ; and shall be willing to submit such 
notice, in proof, before publication, to the family of the deceased, for their comment and 
correction. 

Trusting that my purpose may be fully comprehended and appreciated, and that I may 
hear from you at your earliest convenience. 1 remain 
Yours sincerely, 

HENRY R. STILES, M.D.. 
Necrologist of the N. V. Geneal. and Biog. Society. 



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l)onorary ItleniDers. 



Charles Andrews, 

Grover Cleveland, . 

Alonzo B. Cornell, . 

Melville W. Fuller, 

Benjamin Harrison, . 

Joseph Jackson Howard, LL.D , F.S 

Oliver O. Howard, 

Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, . 

Charles John Palmer, F.S.A., . 

The Duke of Veragua, 

Robert C. Winthrop, LL.D., 

Rev. Theodore L. Cuvler, D.D 



Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, N. Y. 

. Ex-President of the LInited States 

. Ex-Governor of the State of New York 

Chief Justice of Supreme Court, U. S. A. 

Ex-President of the United States 

A., Blackheatli, Kent County, Eng. 

. Major-General, U. S. A. 

Boston, Mass. 

Great Yarmouth, England 

Spain 

. Boston, Mass. 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 



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List of Members. 



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Cist of members. 



AcKERLY, Lucy Dubois, . 
Adams, Charles Henry, . 
AiKiN, James Cornklius, . 

Alling, Asa A 

Andrews, Catherine M. (Mrs. Georg 
Appleton, Daniel, 
Appleton, William Worthen, 
Arnold, Edmund Samuel Foster 
AsTOR, William Waldorf. 

Atwood, Edward S 

Austin, William, 
Avery, Sa.muel Putnam, . 
Aycrigg, Jeanie Gardner, 



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Baetjer, Catherine R. M. (Mrs. Herman), 
Bailey, Frederick William,. 
Banta, Theodore Melvin, 

Bedlow, Henry 

Betts, Beverly Robinson, 
Bird, Moore Langdon, . 
BiXBY, Robert Forsyth, . 
Bleecker, Theophylact Bache, Jr., 
Boardman, Levantia W. C. (Mrs. Lansdale), 

Bond, Frank Stuart, 

BooR.MAN, Charlotte Savre (Mrs. T. H.), . 
Bosworth, \L\ry H. p. (Mrs Francke H.). . 

Boucher, Charles 

BowEN, Clarence Winthrop, 

BowRON, Elizabeth Moore (Mrs. Henry S.), 

Boyd, William Augustus 

BoYNTON, Nathaniel Augustus, 

Bradford, Alice M. J. (Mrs. Nathaniel G.), 

Brainerd, Cephas 

Braman, Edward, 

Brodhead, Lucas 

Brookfield, Kate Morgan (Mrs. William), 
Brown, Agnes Pollock (Mrs. T. Bergh), . 
Brown, Anna Lawrence (Mrs. C. Hilton). 

Brown, John B 

Brown, Ronald K., . 
Brownell, Thomas Franklin, 

Burhans, Samuel, Jr 

Butler, George Henry, . 



Life 
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Calkins, Hiram, Jr., 



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Carhart, Amory Sibley, Life 

Carnegii;;, Andrew 

Carter, Walter S 

Chaffee, Mary Close Purple (Mrs. W. L. \'.'i, . . Life 

Cheesman, Timothy Matlack 

Chenowith, Alexander Crawford 

Clark, Charles Finney 

Clarkson, Matthew Life 

Clearwater, Alphonso Trumpbour, 

CoCKEY, Edward C, 

Cocks, George William 

Coddington, Gilbert Smith Life 

Coles, Henry Rutgers Remsen 

Comstock, George Stedman, 

Cone, Edward Payson 

Constant, Samuel V'ictor Life 

Converse, Charles Crozat 

Cook, Lydia 

Cornell, John 

CoRWiN, William Monroe 

Cowperthwaite, Morgan B 

Coykendall, Samuel Decker, Life 

Crampton, Henry E 

Crane, Albert Life 

Crispell, Charles Winegar, 

Cruger, Stephen Van Rensselaer 

CuYLER, Cornelius Cornelissen, 

Dana, Charles Loomis 

Dahlgren, John Vinton 

Davies, William Gilbert 

Dean, Bashford, 

Deats, Henry E 

Delafield, Maturin Livingston Life 

De Lancey, Edward Floyd Life 

Delano, Mortimer 

De Navarro, Jose Francis Life 

De Witt, George Gosman 

Dimock, Mrs. Henry F 

Di Zerega, Katharine Berry (Mrs. John A) 

Dodge, William Eari 

Doty, Ethan Allen 

Du Bois, William Maison 

Dyer, Caleb Andrew 

Dyer, Cornelia Joy (Mrs. He.man) Life 

Dwight, Mrletiah Everett, Life 

Earle, Ferdinand Pinney 

Earle, Lilly Jones (Mrs. Ferdinand P.) 



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1888 

1873 
1889 
1894 
1894 
1894 



1892 



Lisi of Members. 2g 

Eastman, Henry M. \V., 1897 

Edwards, Katharine H. (Mrs. Charles A.) 1897 

Egleston, Thomas Life 1892 

Eliot, Ellsworth Life 1869 

EsTE, William M 1891 

Evans, Thomas Grier, 1884 

Fargo, James Congdell '888 

Ferris, Morris Patterson 1893 

Fisher, Helen M 1897 

Fletcher, Thomas Asa 1885 

Flower, John Uavison Life 1890 

Floyd, John G 1897 

Gale, Edward Courtland 1895 

Gardiner, David '892 

Gasquet, Marshall J 1896 

Gaston, Frederick Kelley 1890 

Gerry, Elbridge Thomas, Life 1886 

GooDALE, Samuel B., 1889 

Goodwin, James Junius Life 1890 

Gould, Edwin 1897 

Grace, William Russell 1894 

Grant, Gabriel, 1892 

Grant, Julia C. S. (Mrs. H. A.) 1896 

Grant, Percy S., . 1896 

Green, Andrew H '896 

Greene, Alister Life 1892 

Greene, Charles Arthur 1894 

Greene, Edna Munson Life 1896 

Greene, George Sears '869 

Greene, Marshall Winslow Life 1896 

Greene, Richard Henry 1891 

Greene, Richard Thurston, 1893 

Greenwood, Isaac John '874 

Greenwood, Langdon 1892 

Grinnell, William Milne 1894 

Madden, John A Life 1895 

Haines, John Peter '889 

Hand, Clifford Augustus 1870 

Hardwicke, Henry '895 

Harris, Edward Doubleday 1892 

Hartley, Frances C. W. (Mrs. Marcellus) 1895 

Hasell, Bentley Douglas Life 1874 

Haviland, Frederick 1893 

Hawes, Gilbert Ray Life 1892 

Hawley, Catherine S '896 

Hearn, George Arnold Life 1890 



JO The AV'i' York (icncaloi^ical and lUo^rafilinal Socictv. 



Hf.krman, Esther Van Ysen (Mrs. Henry 
Hitchcock, Lucy Mathews (Mrs. Cyrus) 
Hicks, Benjamin Doughty, 
HoAGLAND, Cornelius Nkvius, 
Hoe, Robert, .... 
Hoffman, Eugene Augustus, . 
Hoffman, Mary C. E. (Mrs. Eugene .'\.), 
HoLco.Mi!E, William Frederic, 
Holisrook, Viola Voivers (Mrs. Levi). 

Holland, Joseph 

Hopkins, Ellen M. (Mrs. Dunlap), 
Hopkins, Woolsev, . 
Hopkins, Woolsey Rogers, 
HopsoN, Francis Johnstone, 
Hughes, Thomas W. B., . 
Huntington, Collis Potter, 
Huntting, Teunis Dimon, 
Hurry, Edmund Abdv, 
Hyde, Edwin Francis, 
Hyde, Frederick Era.stus, 

Ireland, John Busteed, . 
Irmtraut, R. F. K. von, . 

Jacobsen, Frederick, 
James, Thomas Lemuel, . 
Jewett, Augustine D. L., 

Kalish, Richard, 
Kathan, Reid Alexander, 
Ketcham, William Ezra, 
Ketcham, William Platt, 
King, John Alsop, 
King, Rufus, 
Kingman, William L., 
KissAM, William Adams, 
Kneeland, Adele, 

Laimbeer, Francis Effingha 

Lane, Francis T. L., . 

Lawrence, Isaac, 

Lawrence, Cyrus J., . 

Lawton, Eba Anderson (Mrs. James M.), 

Lee, Edward Clinton, 

Leggat, Richard John, . 

Little, Joseph James, 

Livingston, Johnston, 

Lloyd, Herbert DeNyse, 

Lloyd, Robert McAllister, 



Life 

Life 
Life 
Life- 



Life 



Life 



Life 

Life 



Life 



Life 



1889 
I8g7 
1878 
1889 
1897 
1891 
1896 
1869 
1897 
1897 
1895 
i8gi 



1897 
1888 

1892 
1873 
1893 



1895 

1896 
1894 
1890 

1893 
1898 
1889 
1889 
1891 
1874 
1896 
1894 
1898 

■893 
1897 
1881 

1895 
1890 
1895 

1893 
1889 
1871 
1888 
1894 



List of Members. 



LovELL, Frank H., . 
LouNSBERY. Richard P., . 
Ludlow, Edward Livingston, 

MacCartnev, Katharine Searle (Mr 

Macv, SvLVANus Jenkins, . 

Man, Alrick Hubbel, 

Markoe, Francis Hartman, 

Marsh, John Edward, 

Marsh, Bessie T. S. (Mrs. Charles C, 

Maynard, Newland 

Maynard, M. a. B. (Mrs. John F.), 

Mead, Theodore Hoe, 

Mercer, Edwin Jaimes, 

Merritt, Douglas, .... 

Miller, Mary Kilgour (Mrs. Edmun 

Moffat, R. Burnham, 

Moore, William Henry Helme, . 

Moore, VVillia.m Clifford, . 

Morgan, J. Pierpont, 

Moses, Arthur G 

Mower, Mandeville, 
Mulford, William Remsen, . 
Myers, Edward, ... 

Nesmith, Mrs. B. I 

Nicholas, Francis Child, 
Norton, Edward Loudon, 
Norwood, Margaret Morris, 
NoYES, Edgar Herbert, . 

Owen, Emilie K. P. (Mrs. Thos. J.), 



Parker, Cortlandt, . 
Parker, James, . 
Parsons. Albert Ross, 
Parsons, William Decatur, 
Paterson, William, . 
Pattison, Sarah Jarvis (Mrs, 
Paul, Fulton, 
Pell, Howland, . 
Pell, Frederick Aycrigg, 
Pell, John Henry. . 
Pennell, Sarah W. B., 
Perkins, Mary Elizabeth, 
Phillips, Mary A., . 
Pierson, Bowen Whiting, 
Platt, Isaac Hull, . 
Plummer, John Franklin, 



D E. 



s. W 



ILLIA.M H.), 



Life 



Life 
Life 



Life 

Life 

Life 

Life 
Life 



Life 



Life 



ife 



1896 
1896 

1881 

1894 



■894 
1893 
■893 
1891 
1896 
1894 
1894 
1871 
1895 
1898 
1873 
95 
88 
1895 



I89I 



1892 
1894 
■893 



1888 
1889 



1895 
")' 

1897 
1894 

1890 

1894 
1881 

1894 
1894 
1896 
1894 
1893 

1890 



The Ncii' York (iciicaloo;ical and Biographical Society. 



Plympton, Gilukkt M 

POILI.ON, WiLI.IAjM 

Post, Edward Rogers, . 

Pruyn, John Van Schaick Lansinc, 

PUMPELLY. JoSIAH COLI.TNS, . 

Purple, Samuel Smith, . 



QuiNCY, Charles F., 



Raymond, Victoria (Mrs. C. H.), 
Randolph, Hector Craig Fitz, . 

Randall, Frank E. 

Reed, Caroline Gallup (Mrs. Sylvanus 
Reed, Theodore Frelinghuyskn, 
Reid, Alexander John, .... 

Rhinelander, Philip 

Rhinelander, T. J. Oakley, . 
Rhinelander, William, 

Riker, John Jackson 

Robinson, Frank Tracy (Mrs.i, . 
Roe, Katherine 6ogert (Mrs. Chahles 
Rogers, Archibald, .... 
RuNDALL, Clarence Aubrey, 
Russell, Horace 



Sage, Russell,. 

Sandys, Arthur, 

Satterlee, F. Le Roy, . 

Scarborough, Mrs. T. \V., 

Schieffelin, Eugene, . 

SchooNiMaker, Aurelia Davis (.Mrs. Luca 

Seward, Frederick William 

Seaman, Louis L., . 

Sedgwick, Robert, . 

Sher.man, Willia.m Watts, 

Shrady, John, . 

Sill, John Targee,. 

Slade, Em.ma H. (Mrs. William C.ekkvi 

Smith, Ethelbert Marshall, 

Smith, Isaac Parish 

Smith, Isaac Townsf.nd. 

Smith, James Henry 

Smith, Philip Sherwood, 
Spencer, Harold Eldredge, 
Stanton, Elizabeth R. (Mrs. John). . 
Starin, John Henry, .... 
Steers, Anna M. (Mrs. E. Pauleti, . 

Stevens, Byam Kirby 

Stevens, Daniel Tompkins, . 



Life 



Life 



Life 



Life 
Life 



Life 



Life 
Life 



■897 
1874 
i8q6 
1881 
1890 
1869 

1897 



Life 1896 
1893 
1897 
1884 



Life 



1894 
1893 
1898 
1 891 
1891 
1894 
1897 
1895 
1894 
1891 



1892 
1897 
1896 
1881 
1889 
'888 
1896 
1897 
1893 
1876 
1894 
1896 
1896 
1885 
1888 
1890 
1889 
i8q4 
1894 
1895 
i8q6 
1889 
1890 



List of Member: 



Stevens, Mrs. George T 

Stevens, Martha B. D. (Mrs. Edwin A.) 

Stevens, Morris Decker, 

Stiles, Henry Reed, 

Stillweli,, John Edwin, 

Stilwell, Willia.m Moore, 

Stimson, Edith Parker (Mrs. Daniel M 

Stokes, Anson Phelps, . 

Stryker, William Scudder 

SucKLEY, Robert B., 

Sutton, Edward F., 

Swayne, Francis B., 

Swan, Frederick George, 

Tallmadge, Frederick Samuel, 
Taylor, Louisa W., 
Thomas, George \V., 
Thojipson, Frederick Diodati, . 
Tompkins, Hamilton Bullock, 
Totten, John Reynolds, 
Townsend, James Hill, 
TowNSEND. Janet V. R. (Mrs. Howak 
Townsend, Randolph Wanton, . 
Trevor, Henry Graff, . 
Turnbull, Katherine Euphemia, 
Turnure, Lawrence, 

Underhill, David Harris, . 

Vail, Henry Hobart, . 
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 
Vanderbilt, Frederick William, 
Van Gelder, James Henry, . 
Van Norden, Warner, . 
Van Vechten, Abraha.m Van Wyck, 
Van Wy'ck, Philip \". R., 
Van Wyck, Philip \'. R., Jr., 
Van Wyck, Willi a. m E., 
Ver Planck, W'illia.m Edward, . 
Ver Planck, Willia.m Gordon, . 
Viele, Egbert L . 

Walworth, Ellen Hardin (Mrs. M. T.), 

Wakeham, F. H 

Ward, Ada D. (Mrs. Chas. D.), 
Watkinson, George, 
Weekes, John Abeel, 
Weatherbee, Edwin H., 
Welles, Theodore Wyckoff, 



ife 



1897 
1885 
1881 
1 8(ig 
1888 
1897 
1895 
i88g 
1889 
1896 
1898 
1896 
■893 



1896 
1898 
fe 1877 
1894 
1894 
1894 
1888 
1880 

fe 1893 
fe 1895 



1894 

1895 

1880 

f e 1 892 

1893 



fe 



Life 



Life 



1890 
1898 



1S91 
1897 

1893 
1897 
1897 
1894 
1870 
1896 
1891 



J^ I he New York Goicaloo^ical and lUci^rap/iicd/ Sckirtr. 

Wendkll, Jacob Life 1888 

Whitfield, Reba Bird i8q4 

Whittaker, Thomas Life 1895 

Wilson, James Grant Life 1880 

Williams, Mary Mildred, 1893 

Williams, Leonidas Coleman, 1894 

WiNSLOw, Edward Francis Life 1888 

WoDELL, Silas 1895 

WooDwoRTH. William A., 1897 

Wright, Tobias A 1893 

Young, Martha Innis (Mrs. W. H.) 1894 



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